A. Comintern support for the KMT/CCP--Whampoa Military Academy

        B. CCP-KMT United Front (1923-27) and the Northern Expedition (1926-28)

        C. Mao Zedong (1893-1976) and the Long March (1934-35)

        D. Chiang's Nanjing Regime and Mao's Yanan Camp

        E. KMT Anti-communism vs. CCP calls for renewed "unity"

    II. The Great Depression and the Collapse of International Trade

        A. Japan's Turn Toward Militarism in the 1930s

            1. The Mukden Incident of 1931 and withdrawal from the League of Nations

            2. The Marco-Polo Bridge Incident of 1937 & the Rape of Nanjing (Dec. 1937)

            4. Chiang Kaishek fled to Chongqing (Chungking) in Sichuan

            5. The "New Order" & the "Greater East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere"

            6. Western Response: Oil embargo

        B. Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7, 1941) and the Pacific War

            1. Battle of Midway (June 1942) and the destruction of the Japanese navy

            2. Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Firebombing of Tokyo

            3. Potsdam Declaration of July 1945: Unconditional Surrender

        C. Ending the War

            1. Hiroshima (August 6), Nagasaki (August 9), Surrender: August 15

            2. Emperor Hirohito's supposed role

            3. Truman, the coming "cold war," and "atomic diplomacy"